So how far can you run?

Over the Christmas period I was able to catch up with loads of lovely people from different places who I haven't seen for a while. They were all quite shocked that I was running and working out a bit! They know me from days of old and quite rightfully were finding the concept of me running a bit hard to swallow. Many of them asked: "So how far can you run?" and the answer was always..."I'm not really sure!" This is mainly because all my running to date has been in "bursts" so three minutes running and three minutes walking on repeat for as long as I could before I started to collapse. On December 27th I decided to set my stopwatch for ten minutes and started running! The aim was to see if the 10 minutes finished before my lungs/legs did! I was delighted to discover that I managed 12 minutes! I didn't walk once! My hubby later tracked where I ran and to my delight I realised I had run my first ever mile! In fact it was 1.1miles and I was ecstatic! Now obviously 12 minute miles are not very impressive but when it's your first you''ve got to be happy....gotta start somewhere!